Mobile
Life in the City
Mobile is a friendly, easygoing city within driving distance of many other ACE communities, ensuring that friendships made over the ACE Summer can be maintained. We receive great support from the Mobile community through our schools, the Mobile ACE Advocates, Notre Dame Club of Mobile, Little Flower Parish, and many other friends.
We also enjoy the live music at downtown bars. There is a lot of “tourist” stuff to do: Bellingrath Botanical Gardens, the USS Alabama, etc. In addition, Mardi Gras is a fun time to be in the city.
ACE Mobile
Hometown
Cincinnati, OH
Undergraduate Institution
University of Notre Dame
Undergraduate Studies
Major: English
Minor: Gender Studies
Why did you say "yes" to serving children in Catholic schools through ACE?
I really love the service of working with children and growing with them through their knowledge.
Hometown
Simi Valley, CA
Undergraduate Institution
University of Notre Dame
Undergraduate Studies
Majors: Biochemistry and Music Theory
Why did you say "Yes" to ACE?
I’ve had many educators who have shown me grace and compassion, and who have believed in me and cared for me as a person independent of my performance. Knowing that teachers like this are not the most common, and that mentors who are women of color in STEM fields are also uncommon in many schools, I want to be the teacher I wish that I had had in high school, helping to support the next generation of great young people.
Hometown
Northbrook, IL
Undergraduate Institution
Xavier University
Undergraduate Studies
Major: Political Science
Minor: History
If you had to pick just one word to describe your ACE experience so far, what would it be (and why)?
Community. Just as I expected, every single person that I have been involved with this summer including ACEers, professors, and administrators, have been extremely welcoming and friendly. This leads to the formation of a very tight-knit community atmosphere in ACE.
Hometown
Kildeer, IL
Undergraduate Institution
University of Notre Dame
Undergraduate Studies
Majors: English and Psychology
Why did you say "yes" to serving children in Catholic schools through ACE?
I said "yes" to ACE because I really believe in its mission of trying to give students the best education possible—the education that every child deserves.
Hometown
Ridgewood, NJ
Undergraduate Institution
University of Notre Dame
Undergraduate Studies
Major: Business Analytics
Why did you say "yes" to serving children in Catholic schools through ACE?
To help students enjoy learning math as much as I did.
Hometown
Granger, IN
Undergraduate Institution
University of Notre Dame
Undergraduate Studies
Majors: Economics and English
Minors:Theology and Latino Studies
Concentration: Creative Writing
If you had to pick just one word to describe your ACE experience so far, what would it be (and why)?
Energetic! We move with urgency and joy, here!